In a lifetime of church attendance, Rolland Wright says he has never once heard a pastor preach the passage he is about to walk through. The text is Isaiah 58.

The fast Adonai chooses is not about food. It is about untying the yoke of the oppressed. Sharing bread with the hungry. Bringing the homeless poor into your house.

In this solo teaching — the first of a two-part series — Rolland walks Isaiah 58 line by line, anchored in Richard Stearns's The Hole in Our Gospel and the concept of the sin of omission. He points back to recent ReGenesis guests Gary McReynolds and the Marendishes as living examples of believers who saw the need and went. Part 2 follows next Tuesday: What's a Doer?

You'll hear:

• Why Rolland has never heard a sermon preached on Isaiah 58
• Richard Stearns's The Hole in Our Gospel and the question it asked him
• Sins of commission and the sin most believers were never taught — omission
• The Good Samaritan as a study of the priest and Levite who walked past
• Traditional fasts — Daniel fasts, juice fasts, forty-day fasts, social media fasts — and what they all have in common
• Isaiah 58:1–14 walked line by line
• The fast that releases the bonds of wickedness and tears off every yoke
• The promise that follows obedience — light breaking forth like the dawn, healing springing up speedily
• Why we may be blocking our own healing by not fasting the way Adonai chooses
• Living examples from recent ReGenesis episodes: Gary McReynolds and the Marendishes
• A preview of Part 2: What's a Doer?

Scripture referenced: Isaiah 58:1–14, Matthew 28:19–20 (the "make disciples" correction), Luke 10:25–37 (the Good Samaritan)

Resources:

Ekklesia Declared! — https://a.co/d/0fkrigsyEkklesia Infused! — https://a.co/d/0gdii5A0Choose Life — https://a.co/d/069OtMTNChoose Life Workbook — https://a.co/d/06vseuNHFirst Place Ministries Website — https://www.firstplaceministries.comSupport the Ministry via PayPal — https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=82WSYT9FXJ9CYConnect with Caliatra — https://www.facebook.com/Chaplaincaliatra

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns
• Gary McReynolds — ReGenesis Recovery (recent ReGenesis interview)
• Chris and Mary Marendish — Word of Freedom Ministries (recent ReGenesis interview)
• TLV (Tree of Life Version) — the Scripture translation Rolland uses
• Choose Life video series — forthcoming complement to Rolland's book, releasing this fall

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Coming Up Next:

What's a Doer? — Part 2 of this teaching. The New Testament companion to Isaiah 58, and a portrait of one man Rolland knew personally who was living it.